Asa Humpherys, second from right, and his parents and younger brothers have dinner with the Fuentes family, his hosts in Chile during a 2-year mission trip.

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The young Mormon missionary took what little knowledge he had of the Spanish language with him into a two-year mission in Chile.

"In high school, I studied Spanish, and it was hard for me to learn, so I was kind of nervous about that, but I knew I was bound to learn Spanish eventually," Humpherys said. "I was excited to get the opportunity to learn a different culture." ...